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For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: http://youtu.be/C43zR7m5qwE It's no secret that Deni Bonet can rock a violin like nobody's business. Or that she writes memorable songs that make you want to listen again and again and again. For years, Deni has been honing her craft as a violinist, singer, songwriter and performer. She is, simply, a musical total package. Her style ranges from p...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/RSI-1nbcMQU   SUE PHILLIPS AUTHOR - THE POWER OF PERFUME - How to Choose it, Wear it & Enjoy it! Sue Phillips, CEO Scenterprises Inc.,™ and founder of The Scentarium, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and inherited her creativity from her mother, Grace Phillips, a renowned artist and calligraphist (www.2marvelous4words....

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ON5-ZwANCSA Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic ou...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/wCzMmKnKHUI Imagine a day when you could clean house and get rid of clutter, show someone that you care, gift small things to strangers, and generally making the world a better place. Yes, this day does, in fact, exist and on July 15 we celebrate National Give Something Away Day! I will be joined by Friends, family, fellow artis...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/BLsdG8P4N10 Alan K. Rode’s affinity for classic cinema is part of his DNA. His mother grew up in Hollywood and was an extra in Our Gang comedy shorts and studied acting at Ben Bard Drama. His grandfather was a silent film violinist who went from bit actor to Universal Studios house composer and eventually founded Corelli-Jacobs R...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Hu6UFQVMBwg BARBARA MINKUS began her show business career in NYC in Julius Monk’s review, Bits and Pieces. She went on to receive rave reviews touring as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl throughout the United States. She played Lucy Van Pelt in the original NY recording cast of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. On Broadway, Barbara starr...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/9nNqQH5TTa0 The New York-born trumpeter, bandleader, teacher, producer, writer and music director grew up amidst the free-wheeling and wildly creative adventures of the jazz rock / avant garde / electric-electronic-flavored Gil Evans Orchestras of the 1970s and 1980s. Miles Evans led the Gil Evans Orchestra, and performed with Pa...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/3iAYFLlfSZ0 In 1981, Mariann Aalda became one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, the feisty, young criminal defense attorney DiDi Bannister on ABC's Edge of Night. But these days she’s prosecuting ageism with a TEDx Talk, a solo show and as an AARP Age Disruptor. Her 30-yr TV career highlights also include...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/-JJz4KO1J_U Donald Pippin, a celebrated and prolific musical director for Broadway and New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the last living recipient of the long-discontinued Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director — which he won for 1963’s Oliver! — died June 9 at the age of 95. Marcia Milgrom Dodge, : “I met Don whe...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/QPrqiU2SaFk U.S. Every Be a Kid Again Day on July 8, stop what you are doing and immerse yourself in your childhood memories. This special day is about taking a break from being an adult and going back to being the carefree kid you once were. It's also my Friday Wrap Up Show! I'm bringing along some friends to bring out the kid i...

For Video Edtion, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Q7JiH9YBWIk Karen Oberlin Telling the story, both musically and lyrically, is what I find most exciting and galvanizing as a performer," Karen Oberlin was quoted saying in an interview. Hailed as one of premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook by both the New York Times and London's Classical Source, Oberlin was deeply...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/uhYKYvseHZ4   It’s easy to produce a Judy Garland show: Just give her a stage, a spotlight, and get out of the way.” – Al Jolson National Take Your Dog to Work Day As you run out the door, don’t forget your briefcase and a doggie bag. Since I do everything from the studio I set up in my office, this is an easy one! I may even bri...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/cL6WafJKZy8 John received national attention when Judy Garland sang his songs on The Tonight Show just a few months before she died. Before connecting with Judy, John wrote special comedy material for Lily Tomlin, Linda Lavin, and Eartha Kitt. His comedy number about a girl who fell in love with Mr. Clean attracted the attention...

For VIdeo Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/hsACCMyN4Zc Marc Acito writes about history, whether it’s chronicling the World World II incarceration of Japanese-Americans with Broadway’s ALLEGIANCE, creating THE SOUND OF THE SILK ROAD in China for Nederlander Worldwide, or adapting Victorian literature on film with MAD / WOMAN, which he directed. He’s also an award-winning n...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/64HUw4Myf48 In celebration of the centennial of Judy Garland’s birth, The Ebell in LA premiered “Get Happy! 100 Years of Judy Garland, The Exhibit” Curated by Scott Hedley and co-produced by John Thomas Co-Curator from The Gene London Cinema Collection. The “Get Happy!” exhibit highlighted components from her most beloved role as...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/IPQAaxM6bAs Judy Garland on Judy Garland is the closest we will likely come to experiencing and exploring the legend’s abandoned autobiography. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland interviews and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first radio appearance under contract with M...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/4-NkRb38e0o It is National Splurge Day and so appropriate that we have as our guest Walter Krueger! He has splurged on one of the largest Wizard of Oz collections in the world. This is one show you will not wish to miss! Wizard Of Oz Collector & Oz Baum Expert/appraiser. Founder & Creator of “Wizard Of Oz Collectors Unite...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/6F1dmVZRl8Q The Garland Gab was formed in April, 2020 and the members are Conor Grant, Carly Jade and Sarah Westhead. They focus on podcasts about Judy on literally every aspect of her life and career and are main objective is to put the record straight, show our love and stamp out many of those nasty myths out there. We tend to...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/glxk3PMKlo8 Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland It's Judy Garland's 100th Birthday! And we are celebrating! In celebration of the centenary of Garland's birth on June 10, events are planned around the world, with San Francisco hosting no fewer than four tribu...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/DTiQGl9tPoM Peabody Award winning broadcaster, director, designer, filmmaker and producer. Afternoon host on New York’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM, WQXR, host of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has hosted more than 60 concerts on-stage at Carnegie Hall, where his film FACE TO FA...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/wsJ8-6KO204 The Scott Stander Group is thrilled to release a new video of acclaimed vocalist Debbie Wileman at the fabled MGM Studios (renamed The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage) singing “Over the Rainbow” sung by Judy Garland on the same stage 84 years ago – Garland’s signature song which made one of Hollywood's most enduring ic...

  For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/QU0-Qz3EePg The Mickey & Judy Show: Two mikes, two stools, and a trunk-load of great songs! Jeff Harnar is familiar to television audiences for his acclaimed PBS specials, “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” and “Remember: Songs of the Holidays” (co-starring KT Sullivan). On A&E he was the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice”...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:   www.attractpositiveresults.com Max Ryan is a Spiritual Director & Teacher who has helped hundreds of students around the world for more than 20 years. He helps people who are caught up in the rat race of competition, stress & anxiety to recreate a relationship with themselves, others, and the world in order to experience the true inner...

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/Zkvp-ou7XKI “Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.” Judy Garland It's Love Conquers All Day! Chimborazo Day Love Conquers All Day is celebrated on June 3 every year as a day to cheris...

For VIdeo Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/je9gZ3ROeG8 Becky O’Brien, BGT Singing Sensation, is arguably best remembered for bringing TV’s harshest talent judge, Simon Cowell, to tears with her rendition of “Over The Rainbow”. “Wow! I was not expecting that! You’re voice is so amazing, so authentic, it was just so emotional…..This is the reason we make this show, is to fi...